The volcano emoji is your go-to for explosive vibes—lava, ash, and big feelings included. It stands in for blowups of every kind: hot takes erupting on the timeline, spicy food that should come with a warning label, or that moment when group chat drama goes from simmer to full-on kaboom. People drop it to signal rage-quits, chaotic news, or the internet’s favorite pastime: turning minor inconveniences into cinematic disasters ("they were out of oat milk 🌋"). It can also be playful or flirty—“you’re lava hot”—or used with irony when the situation is more spark than eruption.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a chunky, dark charcoal cone with a bright neon-orange lava fountain spilling over the crater, streaking down the slope like glowing syrup, and a soft gray puff of smoke hovering above. The angle is a slightly three-quarter view, giving it that dramatic, movie-poster silhouette, with high-contrast shading that screams “do not touch.” Even at tiny sizes, the red-orange glow plus ashy plume makes it instantly recognizable.
Culturally, it taps into big icons like Vesuvius and Pompeii, Hawaii’s Kīlauea, the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” and those Icelandic eruptions that turned flight schedules into modern art. Online, it decorates meltdown posts, breakup anthems, K‑pop comeback chaos, sports rage threads, and any “this meeting is about to blow” situation. Pair it with 🔥💥😤🥵 for maximum dramatic effect, or toss it next to tacos and chilis when your dinner hits magma-level heat.
Definition
Many mountains in the Pacific Ring of Fire are dormant (sleeping) volcanos. This emoji is an active volcano that is bursting (erupting) with hot lava. Lava is hot molten rock that comes from the Earth's core (magma). Hawaii was formed by a volcano at the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1095 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:volcano:
Keywords
Volcano, Lava, Magma, Hot, Explode
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Weather, Landscape, and Sky Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Weather and Landscape Symbols
Names & Annotations
VOLCANO
Symbol Information
U+1F30B proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-03A
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[火山]
KDDI
#769 火山 U+EB53 SJIS-F457 JIS-7B38
Softbank
[火山]
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🌋
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🌋
Decimal HTML Entity
🌋
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🌋
Hex Code Point(s)
1f30b
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F30B
Decimal Code Point(s)
127755
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0x8B
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8C 8B
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 214 213
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF0B
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf0b
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57099
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F30B
UTF-32 Hex
01F30B
UTF-32 Dec
127755
Python Src
u"\U0001F30B"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8c\x8b"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF0B"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
